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25.01.2022 You suggested so many fantastic Adelaidian animal icons in our post last week that we thought we’d profile a few. Starting with Adelaide’s first Court Companion dog, Zero. Zero has been working since 2018 for the Director of Public Prosecutions, where he has provided expert levels of comfort and calm to victims of crime as they prepare for hearings. As of last month, Zero is now allowed to enter courtrooms to accompany vulnerable witnesses. Zero has been trained by Guide Do...gs SA/NT for this important role and by all accounts, has been doing a wonderful job. Image courtesy of The Advertiser. Picture: Tait Schmaal

25.01.2022 A bit on the beef riots from our friends in the Port (and more https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/events/beef-riot ).

24.01.2022 Do you know of a fascinating Adelaide location for a future #GuesstheAddress? Send us a message with your photo, details and any stories you might have about a city location and we’ll share it with our Adelaidia community! We’d love to hear about your own stories and experiences with this beautiful city we call home. We’ll be sure to tag you of course Image: Colonel Light’s Plan of Adelaide, 1837. History Trust of South Australia collection

24.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress? Peter Grant recognised the North Adelaide Primary School building. Designed by EJ Woods, who was also responsible for the model school in Grote Street, planning began for the North Adelaide Primary School in 1876. This was only a year after the passing of the first legislation to establish ‘public schools’ in South Australia making education for children at primary level compulsory. The school opened in 1877 with room for around 800 students. Chie...f Justice Way performed the honours at the opening, which you can read about via Trove - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2290161 The building is now State Heritage Listed, with the school still in operation today. For those wanting more North Adelaide Primary School have a detailed history on their own website - http://www.nthadelaideps.sa.edu.au//hist/detailed-history/ Stephen Dean

24.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress? Mark Bradley, with Peter Grant hot on his heals, knew you could find our last featured detail at 19 Market Street. It is the Haselgrove building, a former warehouse built at 15-19 Market Street, just off Gouger Street in the city. Charles Haselgrove, whose name can still be seen on the building, bought the site in September 1910. Haslegrove was an ironmonger, he established a warehouse on the site for his business, along with a bulkstore.... Haselgrove enlisted architect Charles W Rutt to design the building. Tenders were called for the construction on 23 August 1911. When completed the building was made up of two shops to Market Street with a warehouse behind. There were alterations to the building in 1926 and again to the interior in 1998. Stephen Dean

23.01.2022 Are you ready to #GuessTheAddress again? Do you recognise this #Adelaide building? Stephen Dean

20.01.2022 A great #Adelaide photo via State Records of South Australia. Larger commercial premises began to replace small, individual shops on Rundle Street (including the area we now call Rundle Mall) during the 1880s. While most of the 1880s shopfronts have disappeared, some ornate Victorian façades can still be seen on upper stories. (https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/places/rundle-street) This photo shows J Craven & Co. who appear to have been a growing success at the time of this photo, c. 1910, as a small piece in The Advertiser two decades later suggests (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74022812 Trove)

19.01.2022 Are you ready to #GuessTheAddress again? As always we have chosen an #Adelaide building from within Light's original plan of the city (the CBD and North Adelaide). Do you recognise it? Stephen Dean

18.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 2 October, in 1913 Dame Roma Mitchell was born. Dame Roma Mitchell was a much loved public figure, recognised for blazing a trail for women professionally, and for her human rights advocacy. Dame Roma Mitchell, at her statue unveiling, 1999... Migration Museum Photographic Collection, PN04785 See more

17.01.2022 Running slightly late with today's #GuessTheAddress - did you think we'd forgotten? We have an interesting #Adelaide building for you, who recognises it? Stephen Dean

17.01.2022 Are you one of the many people heading out of the city on a road trip this weekend? Why not stop in and visit a community museum! Remember to stay COVID Safe on your travels by following the lead of these community museum mannequins

16.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 15 August, in 1945 the people of Adelaide celebrated VP Day (victory in the Pacific) and the end of the Second World War.

16.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 3 September, in 1850 the foundation stone of Scots Church was laid. Chalmers, or Scots Church, and its evolving parish demonstrate the rich religious history and diversity of Adelaide through its many incarnations. Chalmers Church's roots can be traced back to 1839, when the first Scottish Presbyterian church opened in the West End. However, Chalmers only opened in 1851, after the Disruption of 1843, when 450 ministers of the state-sponsored Church of Scotland br...oke away and formed the Free Church of Scotland. Chalmers was named in honour of Reverend Thomas Chalmers, one of the leaders of the Edinburgh revolt. http://adelaidia.sa.gov.au//chalmers-church-free-church-of State Library of South Australia https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+8332

15.01.2022 We're thinking about more famous Adelaidean animals today with the iconic pelican, Mr Percival. Many in our community would remember the locally-made film Storm Boy, based on the book by Colin Thiele. The original film, made in the 1970s featured a heroic pelican who (rightly) became a local celebrity. A few years after the film Mr Percival moved into the Adelaide Zoo where he was much loved by visitors until he passed away in 2009, aged in his 30s. Bird Keeper Brett Backhous...e was quoted: "He was one of the nicer pelicans. He was definitely an individual." And typical of such an in-demand movie star, "He was quite willing to accept a pat here and there sometimes, but then as well he could be quite feisty to us and give us a bit of a slap with his beak if he was hungry." Storm Boy was re-made in 2018 and the star of the film, Salty the Pelican, was also adopted by Adelaide Zoo. Salty is one of five hand-raised and trained pelicans that featured in the film, and he is joined at the zoo by one of his co-stars, Skye. Next time you're at the Adelaide Zoo, make sure you stop by to get an autograph from Salty and Skye, and you may even see one of the O.G Mr Percival's many children. Image: Salty, aka the new Mr Percival, at his home at the Adelaide Zoo. Picture by Simon Cross

14.01.2022 Ready for our next #GuessTheAddress clue? This #Adelaide building is somewhere within the CBD or North Adelaide. Do you recognise it? Stephen Dean

14.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress today? Andi Brown recognised Flinders Street Baptist Church, after we were nearly side-tracked by another Flinders Street church. #Adelaide is the city of churches after all! The first Baptist congregation in South Australia was formed in Adelaide in 1838 by English and Scottish migrants. Early Baptist churches in South Australia were divided over the issue of ‘closed’ (restricted to the baptised) or ‘open’ membership and other doctrinal matters. Flin...ders Street Baptist Church opened on 26 April 1863 as the first 'open' Baptist church. As a result this church symbolised the consolidation of a previously divided Baptist community in Adelaide under the leadership of the young and dynamic Reverend Silas Mead. Mead was instrumental in the erection of the church between 1861 and 1863, the hall (opened 1870) and the manse (opened 1877). The church is noteworthy for the fine detail of the façade and exquisitely carved stone capitals on the porch pillars. Stephen Dean

13.01.2022 Monday at 1pm - it's #GuessTheAddress time in #Adelaide! Do you recognise this building? Stephen Dean

13.01.2022 It's that time again, time to #GuessTheAddress. As always we're sharing a detail from a structure within the area defined by Light's original plan of #Adelaide - so somewhere in the CBD or North Adelaide. Do you recognise this building? Stephen Dean

13.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress this week? This one took a little longer than some, but Peter Grant worked it out and he even provided his own reveal! (Check out our previous post to see it.) We are of course 'out the back' of the Bakehouse Theatre. The name of the theatre is a nod to its early use as Lovell's Bakery. This opened at 255 Angas Street in 1890. The building has been used for diverse purposes, and a detailed rundown of its history has been put together by the Bakehous...e Theatre: http://www.bakehousetheatre.com//history-bakehouse-building Check it out for more, and for some lovely historic photos of the site. Stephen Dean

12.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress from yesterday's building detail? Peter Grant recognised the Sturt Street school (even when we deviated from the script). The Sturt Street School was opened in 1883 as a City Model School. It later became known as a ‘Practicing School’ in 1930 and a ‘Demonstration School’ in 1961, because of its purpose in providing practical training to new teachers, particularly those going to work in one-teacher schools in rural South Australia. The school’s multi...cultural student body grew in the 1950s and ‘60s with the arrival of children from migrant families in the South West. The Sturt Street School was designed by the same architect as the Grote Street Model School, Edward John Woods, and features the same gothic revival style and bluestone structure. The building included separate rooms for girls, boys and infants. Between its opening in 1883 and the 1930s, the school had enrolments of around 800-900 students. For more visit https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/pla/sturt-street-school Stephen Dean

11.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 15 October, in 1848 John Langdon Bonython was born in London. He went on to become Sir Bonython, a progressive liberal whose long life encompassed being a parliamentarian, newspaper proprietor and philanthropist. Sir John Langdon Bonython, 1926... State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B 4628, Public Domain See more

10.01.2022 Ready to #GuessTheAddress again today? As always it's an #Adelaide building within the area of Light's first plan - so somewhere in the CBD or North Adealide. Do you recognise this building? Stephen Dean

09.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 8 October, in 1872 Susan Grace Benny was born. Known as Grace, she was the first female local government councillor in Australia, a Justice of the Peace, a businesswoman and a lobbyist for women’s equality. https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/people/susan-grace-benny Susan Grace Benny, c.1919... State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B 60835, Public Domain See more

09.01.2022 Did #GuessTheAddress ? We can't believe it but for the second time in recent weeks no one has given us the answer! It is the Alliance Assurance Company building on Grenfell Street, #Adelaide. The building was constructed in 1925 for the Alliance Assurance Company head office. The architects were J A Kethall & C W Rutt & Lawson and the builders J King and Son. Plans for the building were written up in 'The Register' enthusiastically reporting on everything from the '... grace...ful fluted columns in the Ionic order ...' to the roof top garden. (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63727165 Trove) An image of the building was featured in 'The News' after completion (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129331093 Trove). The 1920s saw significant growth in Australian insurance companies and financial institutions, the grandeur of this and other buildings of the era reflect this. Along with the nearby Tattersalls Club and the adjacent Executor Trustee building the Alliance Assurance Company reflect this solid, prosperous image of early twentieth century architecture that still shape the character of this part of Gremfell Street. Ron Rogers

08.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 8 September, 1936 the Governor General Lord Gowrie officially opened Bonython Hall at the University of Adelaide. http://adelaidia.sa.gov.au/places/bonython-hall The University of Adelaide South Australian Government Photographic Collection, GN11759A

08.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress? Meagan Cox recognised 240 Jeffcott Street, recently the home of Greehill Galleries. According to the 'Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide' (our bible) "While large sections of upper North Adelaide lay vacant until as late as the 1880s, Jeffcott Street was such an important thoroughfare that houses and other buildings were built there as early as the 1840s and 1850s." 240 Jeffcott Street is a good example, constructed in 1856 for ... W Gibbings. In 1860 the house was sold to Frederick Simeon Carus Driffield. His family retained the home for over 40 years, during which time many renovations and additions took place. The building’s different ceiling heights, irregular shape and layout are all typical of many early buildings which grew slowly in sections as occupants added to them over time. The building is made up of limestone rubble with brick dressings, with the Jeffcott Street frontage retaining interesting features such as the "moulded caps, hoods and gauged arches". ('Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide' by the Corporation of the City of Adelaide) In recent times the building has been converted for use by the South Australian Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and subsequently as the Greenhill Galleries. In 2013 Greenhill Galleries closed after operating for just over 40 years. Stephen Dean

08.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 24 September, in 1898 Lord Howard Florey was born. He went on to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945 for his part in making the infection-fighting penicillin available. https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/people/lord-florey-om

07.01.2022 At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we will remember them ... Wreaths at the War Memorial, Adelaide History Trust of South Australia

07.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress? Danielle Hernen recognised Estonian House at 200 Jeffcott Street. The building was originally the British Tube Mills Club Hall, which opened in 1946. From the outside at least it looked much the same - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35692500 (via Trove) In 1953 Estonian South Australians established a corporate body, Our Home Co-operative Society Limited, a not for profit cooperative, to build or purchase a community hall. In April 1957 the socie...ty bought an old house in Kent Town. This proved to be too small for the various activities of the community. At an auction in December of the same year the society bought larger premises, the Hall on Jeffcott Street. The Hall continues to operate as the Estonian Cultural Centre https://adelaide.eesti.org.au/hallhire.html - but passers by know the building by the large 'Estonian House' sign above the entrance. Stephen Dean

06.01.2022 Are you ready to #GuessTheAddress today? First to identify this #Adelaide building walks away with the prestige and our eternal admiration ;) Ron Rogers

06.01.2022 Are you ready to #GuessTheAddress again? As always we're somewhere in the area covered by Light's first plan of #Adelaide - so in the CBD or North Adelaide somewhere ... Ron Rogers

06.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress? Yesterday's picture was a detail from the former warehouse found at 28 Peel Street. This three-storey bluestone office and warehouse building was constructed around 1875 and is a remnant of a much larger complex that extended to Currie Street. It was later used as a restaurant, a coffee lounge, a café, and later again as professional offices. Currently it is home to a tapas bar. Who's seen inside this great old building? Ron Rogers

05.01.2022 Today is #WorldPhotographyDay! One of the best known photo captures of #Adelaide is the Duryea Panorama. This series of photographs provides a birds-eye view of colonial Adelaide. Townsend Duryea took this circular view of the city in late 1865. His pictures, fifteen in all, were taken from the scaffolding around the newly completed tower of the Adelaide Town Hall. He began in the morning, facing north, and worked his way around the tower in an anti-clockwise direction to av...oid the sun shining into his camera lens. More information: https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/panoram/duryea-panorama

05.01.2022 #GuessTheAddress with a twist! This image from the State History Collection shows a location in Adelaide c. 1915. Can you guess the address..? Stay tuned for the answer tomorrow! ... Image: View of early Adelaide, c. 1915. State History Collection

03.01.2022 Did you #GuessTheAddress featured in this 1915-era photo in our post yesterday? Here it is: 110 Rundle Street, opposite Adelaide Arcade on the corner of Charles Street. The main building shown is the Brunkhorst building, housing A L Brunkhorst - gold and silversmith and watchmaker. Do you recognise any other details in this photo? ... Image: View of early Adelaide, c. 1915. State History Collection

02.01.2022 #OnThisDay, 6 November, in 1844 Francis Murphy, Adelaide's first Catholic bishop, arrived shortly after his consecration as Bishop on 4 September of the same year. http://adelaidia.sa.gov.au/places/archbishops-house State Library of South Australia B 2763, http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+2763. Public Domain.

02.01.2022 What an appropriate image for this cold and blustery Friday! Stay warm everyone!

01.01.2022 If Adelaide had an animal mascot maybe it would be one of the famous Rundle Mall pigs! The sculpture was instigated by the Adelaide City Council as part of the final stage of an upgrade of Rundle Mall in the late 1990s. A national sculpture competition resulted in 126 entries being considered by an independent selection panel which included representatives of the Art Gallery of South Australia, the upgrade project’s architect, the council, a Rundle Mall trader and the arts ...sector. The council chose the proposal by Marguerite Derricourt from the group of finalists identified by the panel. There was a competition in 1993 to name the four pigs Do you know their names? https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/things/a-day-out

01.01.2022 Ella York was quick to remember the names of the beloved Rundle Mall pigs in yesterday's post: Truffles, Augusta, Horatio and Oliver (pictured). Do you know any famous Adelaidian animals that should be memorialised with a sculpture?